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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Friday Quotes: When We Collided

Book Beginnings on Friday is hosted by Rose City Reader. Share the opening quote from the book.
The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice.  Find a quote from page 56.

Check out the links for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Participants don't select their favorite, coolest, or most intellectual books, they just use the one they are currently reading. This is the book I'm reading right now---

 Title: When We Collided by Emery Lord

 Book Beginnings:
I knew I was in love with Verona Cove on the first day, but waited until the seventh day to commit.

 Friday 56:
Vivi just laughs. 'Manna is the food they eat in heaven. And stinky cheese is delicious cheese; you just don't realize that until you are older. Trust me, though. Someday, you'll eat this salad again and realize, holy moly, it's sprinkled with magic.'

 Comments: The story is about mental illness. One of the main characters, Vivi, has stopped taking her medicine which keeps the symptoms of her bipolar disease in check. When I was in college one of my sorority sisters did the same thing and she went for the highest high for weeks of frantic activity and creativity and then CRASH. I am wondering when this will happen in this book.

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11 comments:

  1. karenApril 20, 2017 at 11:15 PM

    Bipolar is definitely a touchy subject! My ex had it ... until he went off his meds and refused to go back on. I look forward to hearing how they handle it here!

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  2. AnonymousApril 21, 2017 at 3:48 AM

    Very interesting topic!

    Here's my book choice for this week : http://bit.ly/2owKV9o

    Have a great weekend!

    Sassy :)

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  3. sherry fundinApril 21, 2017 at 5:26 AM

    Sounds like it could be a deep book. Enjoy it and the weekend.
    sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes

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  4. Laurel-Rain SnowApril 21, 2017 at 5:32 AM

    I do love reading books about mental illness...and I've known people like Vivi. Thanks for sharing, and I am going to check it out. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  5. Kathy MartinApril 21, 2017 at 7:31 AM

    Sounds fascinating. My YA pick this week is Noteworthy by Riley Redgate. Happy reading!

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  6. Catherine @ Book Club LibrarianApril 21, 2017 at 7:36 AM

    I'm intrigued by the snippets and plot enough to see if I can find a copy. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. UnknownApril 21, 2017 at 9:36 AM

    That's an awesome first line! I enjoy reading books about mental illness. I think there's a lot we can learn from them.

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  8. Helen's Book BlogApril 21, 2017 at 12:59 PM

    I loved this book and thought it was so well done. Great quotes.

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  9. Nadene @Ttly Addicted 2 ReadingApril 21, 2017 at 2:43 PM

    A heavy topic. The quotes are interesting, thanks for sharing. Here is my post
    http://totallyaddictedtoreading.blogspot.com/2017/04/friday-memes-book-beginnings-and-friday_21.html

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  10. fredamansApril 21, 2017 at 4:45 PM

    :-) Sounds like a great read! Happy weekend!

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  11. GlennaApril 23, 2017 at 2:28 PM

    I know people like Vivi. This sounds interesting!

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